Deck Notes/Philosophy
My playgroup has a ban on going infinite in any way and so this deck is constructed to not abuse any readily known infinite combo loops. Our play group does allow combos to be included in decks with the condition that they are not used to create infinite or near-infinite loops.
The Decks Win Conditions
This deck wins by using a mass resurrection spell with
Craterhoof Behemoth
and
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
in the graveyard along side a few creatures. If you are able to it is preferable to also protect this attack with
Grand Abolisher
or
Dragonlord Dromoka
when you resurrect your team.
Combo Examples:
Buried Alive
+
Living Death
(This is the cheapest combo at 8 mana)
Buried Alive
+
Twilight's Call
(This combo is best when you already have a non-interaction creature in play)
Survival of the Fittest
+
Living Death
/
Twilight's Call
Living Death
/
Twilight's Call
+
Concordant Crossroads
(This combo is used if
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
has been exiled.
Finale of Devastation
X = 10 fetching a
Craterhoof Behemoth
can end 3 opponents pretty easily with a few creatures lying around.
Doom Whisperer
(This card can mill you past the other combo pieces until you find a mass resurrection spell)
The Toolbox
Acidic Slime
mainly deals with problematic lands, but also kills artifacts and enchantments.
Ashen Rider
Deals with planeswalkers and indestructible permanents
Bane of Progress
Our board wipe of choice for artifacts and enchantments
False Prophet
Our creature board wipe of choice. Sometimes you are forced to use it without
Viscera Seer
,
Ashnod's Altar
or
Phyrexian Altar
to "save" your team.
Felidar Guardian
can blink your
Bojuka Bog
. This card can also allow you to "untap" your
Birthing Pod
and Pod any 3 CMC creature into a 5 or 6 CMC creature in a single turn assuming you have enough mana/life. 3 CMC Creature ->
Felidar Guardian
->
Karmic Guide
/
Phyrexian Delver
-> 6 CMC Creature.
Ravenous Chupacabra
Our single target creature removal of choice. I used to run
Palace Jailer
until I found out he recasts opponents commanders out of the command zone.
Spore Frog
Sometimes you need to protect yourself from monsters like
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
.
Sun Titan
is a card you can tutor out with
Survival of the Fittest
if you can see it is about to be destroyed to pick it back up the next turn. It also allows you extra mana on combo turns if you add it into the
Buried Alive
pile.
Sylvan Safekeeper
can be added to
Buried Alive
piles if opponents have their graveyards filled with cards like
Venser, Shaper Savant
or opposing
Ravenous Chupacabra
. This card can also be used to defend cards like
Voidstone Gargoyle
.
Voidstone Gargoyle
is a catch-all for activated abilities or terrifying commanders. Can also stop an opposing
Spore Frog
resurrected on a combo turn by naming it. I used to run
Phyrexian Revoker
in this slot, but it had a tendency to die on combo turns to my own
Bane of Progress
.
Ulvenwald Hydra
fetches mainly
Bojuka Bog
or
Mosswort Bridge
and sometimes
Phyrexian Tower
.
Woodland Bellower
mainly fetches
Fierce Empath
to get a big bad tutor demon.
Craterhoof Behemoth
with enough creatures can put 3 opponents in the ground. He doesn't have to use the graveyard.
Fierce Empath
can fetch
Dragonlord Dromoka
if playing against blue control decks.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
is this decks life gain of choice. My play group banned me from using
Resolute Archangel
I would replace to angel if you want the deck to be stronger.
Karmic Guide
allows us to cheat on mana costs with cards like
Ashen Rider
and
Craterhoof Behemoth
.
Phyrexian Delver
sometimes this takes priority over
Karmic Guide
when you are using
Birthing Pod
value lines. This is because
Phyrexian Delver
sticks around for more than 1 turn without investing more mana.
Doom Whisperer
a trick with this card you can use is tutoring to a card and drawing it with immediately with
Nurturing Peatland
,
Silent Clearing
or
Horizon Canopy
.
Birthing Pod
aside from being an excellent tutor this card also allows us to mess with people hoping to hold up interaction for our combo turns. We can turn a 1 CMC creature into a
Grand Abolisher
or a 5 CMC creature into a
Dragonlord Dromoka
. If they pass priority on the pod activation they are done for.
Examples of some cards that are banned in my Meta
All mana positive rocks
Dual Lands,
Ancient Tomb
and
Cabal Coffers
Demonic Tutor
,
Vampiric Tutor
and
Imperial Seal
Protean Hulk
Mindslicer
and
Sadistic Hypnotist
Yosei, the Morning Star
Rest in Peace
and
Leyline of the Void
Aven Mindcensor
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
Our meta mainly bans cards that stop people from contributing to the game and cards that feel horrible to play against.
Cards I don't Run
Dryad Arbor
Yes I know you can cheese this out turn 1 with
Green Sun's Zenith
, but in an average game this is a liability to our strategy. It is essentially a land that comes in tapped. It dies to board wipes. Karador can't cast it from the graveyard.
Satyr Wayfinder
solid card but we cant take the risk of milling combo pieces into an opposing
Bojuka Bog
Deathrite Shaman
very powerful card, but can't always produce mana for us which is a problem. This deck is very mana hungry.
